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Show I 5afe GOTHAM IpiMfrthGrCITIES Youngster of Eight Proves Himself a Wonder LOS ANGELES, CAL. How Mux Factor, aged eight, eked out a remarkable existence almost n month, after becoming separated from his parents with whom ho recently came to California, was told by the boy at police detective-headquarters. detective-headquarters. Tho boy hermit left tho now home of his parents some tlmo ?T--4- ngo and after visiting the business dls- Lj rwpuwi "1 lffiL trlct was unablo to And his way back, fcfrflf iOflETHlMI CJtiffrS When night fell ho perched on tho W0 -j- JT Z&jL V East Seventh street bridge, watching v -- )'"7-vy5, ftVObe tho crowds returning to their homes "lK f-5$s5s$? from work. Ho said that he believed SJ kT hla father might seo him. Dut darkness P wf(t found him alone, unclaimed. Hungry B&3 ffA. and tired, Max says that he returned ML de2S&& to the bright lights of tho streets and ftnBli n gathered up discarded newspapers. This took many hours. Being an honest boy, Max sold the papers to lata wayfarers, but always explained that they were old papers and not neatly folded. Ho gathered up a few pennies, enjoyed a meager midnight lunch and slept In a barrel In an alley of the wholesale business district. He renewed his search tho following morning, and when he failed to find the slightest trace of his parents be resumed selling papers. That night ho gathered up several gunny sacks and fstabllshed a hermit's camp In Boyle Heights. There ho slept and tried to keep warm during tho long, cold nights. On Sunday ho washed his clothing In tho river after making a few cents selling papers on tho streets. Such was tho lifo of tho little hermit nntll tho police found him. Shortly before dawn ho approacftcd Officer Boland at Third and Main street and said : "Won't you get mo something to eat7 I am very hungry." Officers who gathered about the little hermit were surprised when they noticed how Immaculately clean tho boy was after his unusual experience. Ho had 15 cents In his pockets his savings during his experience as a nomad. Tho child's resourcefulness is considered remarkable, Inasmuch as he had always hud the comforts of a home, had never worked, and was never without his parents. Unfortunate Youth Has Real Hard Luck Story HELD up and robbed of alt his clothing and then arrested himself as a burglar wos tho experience of n certain jotith of the capital recently. Wrapped In a woolen blanket, his feet bare and his knees trembling, he told detectives nt police headquarters, jflk -dfcfc. where ho was held on a charge of MSkK CT7 breaking nnd entering In the night- )) -j tlmo' "mt two n,pn n,ncketl llllu- ' TX. ffPfJ rol'liei' ,,lm of n'8 ,nonpy flml Jewelry ifejfat' ftWA nml tnm strlPr"l I'll" "t nit his cloth- KVw. $.& ,n(' snvo nn ,ln(Iersl,'rt rom which aL r iVt jffir tl,J lmntllt8 tools Pn'ns t0 tl'nr ort tl10 kE. &f SSI 1 O H'8 nco bespattered with mud, fl ' 1 ij i . Vyi no multi-colored blanket draped In- i fty- JIMEsT Hnn fashion on his slender frame and handcuffed lest lie Miould protest violently vio-lently against n "spin" In tho chilly morning air, lie was rented la the police "flyer" ntid taken to tho first precinct station, where he managed, between fits of sneezing nnd coughing, to tell tho story of his misfortune. When tho young man had explained that tho hold-up men had taken him to n room In a boarding house after stealing his clothes, and tlmt In tho r nbsenco of n barrel ho had taken the blanket from tho bed to clothe himself, ho was rcleuscd after relatives had brought clothes. Tho victim had warmed himself with h'ot coffeo furnlshtATby tho police." ' ' ' " ' ' |